I don't have a true recipe for you, but I used Pim's as a starting point. I roughly chopped some carrots, onions, and celery. Maybe about 2 cups total. Sauteed them in a soup pan with some olive oil and Smart Balance and crushed garlic. I cooked some chicken breasts. Let them cool and cut the chicken into big chunks. I added the chicken broth to the soup pan with some salt, lemon pepper, ground ginger, Indian curry seasoning, and a bit of brown sugar to eliminate the bitterness.

Stir the ingredients, cover the pot, and let boil. I may have added some peas, spinach, and corn too. I don't remember. I was cooking fast and didn't have time to write everything down. But I added some cooked ruffle pasta later, the chopped chicken, and then the soup cooked some more until the flavors came together.This soup was really good and G loved it. I'll have to make it again. Even without instructions, you can make this soup too. Use ingredients that you love. Those foods that nourish you and feed your soul.

*Updated* 2/16/09 - I should have updated this a while ago, but I wanted to let you know and thank Public Radio Kitchen for linking to this story. Click here to see it.

I just love adding ginger to chicken soup, but I always add fresh. I keep a huge root in the freezer at all times and just grate it as I need it. For soup, I hack off a knob and toss it in. Isn't it wonderful? Everyone wonders what "that flavor" is, and when you tell them--IF you tell them--they can't believe it.

Homemade Chicken SoupIt must be in every culture. My Mother always made it when we were sick. I do the same the Jewish People have it rightJewish Penicillin they call it.Hey I haven't added ginger and curry before.My Mother added a packet of chicken noodle soup to hers for that extra flavour boost Very yummy

los angelista - That really is chilly for LA! Unfortunately, 40 degrees would be a nice warm up here.

cynthia - I think the craving is contagious! : )

suldog - Hmmm. If you click on Pim's recipe, you could make that same soup, but use a vegetable broth if you don't want chicken broth and just leave out the chicken.

I'm not sure what kind of vegetable soup you mean. If you check my recipe archives, there are some soup recipes there, but I think that they are mostly pureed vegetable soups. The recipe archives is just another blog, called Anali's Recipes, with most of the recipes from this blog listed by category. I have some updating to do.

You can send me an email if you have something specific in mind and I'll search around for some recipes for you.

so simple - I think chicken soup is just all around good for everyone. The ginger and curry add a nice kick, but aren't too spicy.

Thank you, Anali. I'll poke around over at your other place a bit and see what I find.

I mostly like the type of vegetable soup with big hunks of vegetable in it. Don't know if you ever had Durgin-Park's vegetable soup, but it was the best in the city. They took it off of the menu a few years back, and I've searched for something comparable since, with little luck.